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Show Summary – Western Skies #128– July 11, 2006
COLORADO PASSES "NATION'S TOUGHEST IMMIGRATION BILL"
The special legislative session on immigration wrapped up late Monday night.
We hear from lawmakers and the Governor on what passed, including two immigration
ballot measures for voters to decide on this fall. [LISTEN]
NEWSCAST
A new petition drive aims to hold the gas industry more accountable - Floods
wash out two Colorado state highways - Ken Lay is memorialized in Aspen
- Deadline for "homestead" tax exemption for seniors is drawing near. [LISTEN]
HCN INTERVIEW: A DISTURBING LOOK AT THE WEST'S FUTURE
High Country News Editor Greg Hanscom talks about his magazine's first foray
into science fiction - they've published a story that envisions an American
West in the grips of "big daddy drought." [LISTEN]
COMMENTARY: HOMELAND INVADERS
For the last week, headlines in Colorado have been dominated by the immigration
debate, and just what state lawmakers are prepared to do about it. Our commentator,
Sandra Knauf, has been dealing with homeland invaders of her own lately,
although they're not the kind you typically hear about on the news. She
has a modest proposal for dealing with them. [LISTEN]
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